Archive for January 9th, 2016
German socialists respond to Cologne attacks – Sexism is not a foreign import
Posted by John, January 9th, 2016 - under Immigration, Racism, Refugees, sexism.
Tags: Asylum seekers, Germany
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Dozens of women were sexually assaulted on New Year’s Eve in Germany. But rather than connecting the events to everyday sexist violence, politicians and the media have turned to stoking up racism. Silke Stöckle and Marion Wegscheider respond in this article for German socialist group Marx21, translated by Kate Davison and re-published from Socialist Worker UK